Motu River

The Motu River catchment is the largest on the western side of the Raukumara Peninsula beginning its journey to the coast from inside the Gisborne District. From this rolling hill country dominated by pastoral agriculture the river moves into the steep hill country of the Raukumara Forest Park where the main channel twists through a widening alluvial fan. Braids form in the alluvium as the river reaches the coastal floodplain before entering the ocean.